Virtually stained H&E images and nuclei segmentation combining neural networks and spectral phasor analysis

Elena Pagani; Davide Panzeri; Riccardo Scodellaro; Margaux Bouzin; Laura D'Alfonso; Maddalena Collini; Giuseppe Chirico; Donato Inverso; Laura Sironi

doi:10.1117/12.2673774

12 August 2023 Virtually stained H&E images and nuclei segmentation combining neural networks and spectral phasor analysis

Elena Pagani, Davide Panzeri, Riccardo Scodellaro, Margaux Bouzin, Laura D'Alfonso, Maddalena Collini, Giuseppe Chirico, Donato Inverso, Laura Sironi

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Proceedings Volume PC12622, Optical Methods for Inspection, Characterization, and Imaging of Biomaterials VI; PC126220J (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673774
Event: SPIE Optical Metrology, 2023, Munich, Germany

Abstract

H&E stained sections are the gold standard for disease diagnosis but, unfortunately, the staining process is time-consuming and expensive. In an effort to overcome these problems, here, we propose a virtual staining algorithm, able to predict an Hematoxylin/Eosin (H&E) image, usually exploited during clinical evaluations, starting from the autofluorescence signal of entire liver tissue sections acquired by a confocal microscope. The color and texture contents of the generated virtually stained images have been analyzed through the phasor-based approach to detect tumorous tissue and to segment relevant biological structures (accuracy>90% compared to the expert manual analysis).

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Elena Pagani, Davide Panzeri, Riccardo Scodellaro, Margaux Bouzin, Laura D'Alfonso, Maddalena Collini, Giuseppe Chirico, Donato Inverso, and Laura Sironi "Virtually stained H&E images and nuclei segmentation combining neural networks and spectral phasor analysis", Proc. SPIE PC12622, Optical Methods for Inspection, Characterization, and Imaging of Biomaterials VI, PC126220J (12 August 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673774

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